An hour later, Zhang Ze was still trolling on the sea.
Two hours
Three hours
He started trolling early in the morning and kept trolling until the sun rose high and the temperature on the sea surface increased significantly. Finally, the big fish in the water could no longer pull the boat.
Zhang Ze was already very far away from the Duoyu and had circled on the sea for who knows how many times.
Fortunately, he could still barely see the location of the boat, otherwise Jin Sanbao would have to drive a boat to find him.
"Huh~ It's finally quiet!" The fish was very tired dragging the boat. Zhang Ze's muscles were kept tense. He had to adjust his position from time to time, and then prevent the handle from shaking and releasing the line. In fact, he was quite tired.
The clothes on his body had long been soaked with sweat, and his muscles were sore from being tense for a long time.
Fortunately, we got through it, and now it’s finally time to reap the harvest.
He was very curious about what kind of fish this was and why it had such great strength.
He even wondered if he had caught some gentle whale or a whale shark.
The answer to the mystery will be revealed soon.
Zhang Ze began to manually crank the handle, trying to reel in the line, first shortening the distance between the fish and the trolling boat.
At present, the fish is about 150 to 160 meters away from him, which is not very far.
But after Zhang Ze turned the crank, he found that it seemed to be stuck and it was very difficult to turn it.
It’s not easy!
But no matter how difficult it is, we have to do it.
Time flies and another half an hour has passed.
Zhang Ze's breathing became heavier. Even though trolling was easier, it also depended on the level of the fish.
A fish that could pull him and the trolling boat for three or four hours couldn't possibly weigh only a few hundred pounds.
Such a big fish may not actually have any economic value, but Zhang Ze continued to fish purely out of curiosity. Secondly, he had already brought the camera aboard the Duoyu, so wouldn't it be a shame not to use it?
When I’m old, these will be something I can brag about to my grandchildren.
As the fishing line continued to come back, Zhang Ze suddenly noticed a huge shadow appearing in front of the trolling boat.
"Hiss~" When he saw clearly what he was fishing, his heart began to beat violently.
The figure in front of me looks like a small airplane, but also like some kind of giant bat.
Its tail was short and thin, but the length from head to tail alone was as long as the small trolling boat beneath him.
However, the horizontal arm span of this big guy is even more exaggerated. Zhang Ze estimated that it is at least nine meters, or even ten meters.
There was no space for such a huge thing! Of course, he could still put it in if he squeezed a little.
If I'm not mistaken, this should be the world's largest devil fish - the manta ray.
Regardless of whether it has economic value or not, this head may have reached the level of king fish.
Zhang Ze is now struggling with whether he should collect the experience points directly into the space, or wait until he gets the experience points and the body of flesh on the ship to take them all.
If Jin Sanbao and others hadn't followed him, he wouldn't have to be so entangled. He kind of regretted letting people follow him!
After thinking about it, Zhang Ze decided to take both the experience points and this body of flesh.
Photos are essential, and he should hurry up and take them now before they enter the protected area, as this may be the only chance of his life.
The manta ray had obviously completely lost its strength. It floated on the water, flapping its wings slightly, and no longer struggled as it did at the beginning.
Zhang Ze started the small trolling boat and drove back backwards.
The speed is slower than expected, but it makes sense when you think about it. A manta ray that is at least nine meters long must weigh at least three tons, or six thousand kilograms.
No wonder it was so difficult to reel in the line just now. He even suspected that he was not pulling the fish back when he reeled in the line, but his small trolling boat was moving towards the fish. After all, he and the boat together did not even have one-sixth of the fish.
As he approached the Duoyu, Jin Sanbao and others not far away also noticed his situation.
Jin Fan: "Hey, where's the fish? After dragging Aze for so long, his boat shouldn't be able to cover the fish, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Sanbao showed a puzzled look: "Have you noticed that there is a big black shadow on the bow of Aze?"
"I can't see it clearly. Could it be the big fish?"
"What are you talking about? Hurry and get over there!"
While Jin Sanbao was busy starting the engine to preheat it, Zhang Ze also arrived at the stern of the Duoyu.
Although the manta ray was resting during this period, it strangely did not struggle again.
Afterwards, Zhang Ze was in trouble again.
This fish cannot be tied with a rope. Its tail is so thin that it will probably break if pulled.
Looking at it this way, it seems that they are all about to be released.
Unless he uses space to collect the fish and then releases it in legend.
Just as he was thinking about what to do, he heard the sound of a fishing boat's engine. It was obvious that Jin Sanbao and his men were approaching.
At the same time, the manta ray seemed to have finally rested enough and suddenly began to exert strength. Zhang Ze, who stood up, lost his balance and fell directly into the water.
Well, no need to worry about it now! Zhang Ze swam directly towards the huge manta ray. He knew how to swim, and after his physical fitness became stronger, he swung his arms and moved his feet, and immediately rushed out.
I came to the manta ray and reached out to touch it. When I touched the fish's body, the huge manta ray suddenly disappeared.
The small trolling boat that was being towed lost power and slid for a few meters before slowly coming to a stop.
With a "splash", Zhang Ze emerged from the water, grabbed the trolling boat and flipped over from the side.
"Huh, if I had known it would turn out like this, I would have just put it away." He wiped the sea water off his face speechlessly. He saw the catch squeezed together in the space and looked annoyed.
Now there was already a lot of seafood in the tank, and with the addition of an oversized manta ray, it was completely filled to the brim.
The only thing that comforted him was that this manta ray was indeed the king of fish.
[Successfully caught a manta ray, weighing 6235.23 catties, experience (fish king) +7000. ]
Seven thousand experience points, one step closer to level 30. Now the experience points are over 10,000, and another 20,000 will allow me to upgrade.
As for the manta ray, I'll have to put it aside for now. Maybe I'll find a reasonable opportunity to take it out when I return.
In fact, we can drive the boat away tonight, out of the sight of Jin Sanbao and others, and then take it out later.
Unfortunately, the fish was too big to be stored in the refrigerator and had to be placed on the deck.
But putting it on the deck requires a lot of ice to keep it fresh, and the ice will melt, so you have to re-lay it from time to time.
I might as well find a chance to take it out when I go back, and then just spread some ice on it.
When Jin Sanbao and the others came nearby, they were stunned when they saw Zhang Ze, who was soaking wet. "What's going on? Aze, did you fall into the water? Where are the fish?"
"Don't mention it, the fish ran away!" Zhang Ze waved his hands and said in a gloomy manner.
"This..." Jin Sanbao and others looked at each other in surprise. They did not expect this result.
"Why are you all here?"
"Just now I vaguely saw a large shadow on the bow of your small tugboat. I wanted to see the huge fish you caught, but I didn't expect it to get away in the end."
"Yeah, what bad luck! I was about to get on the boat and use the crane to lift the fish up, but as soon as I stood up, the fish suddenly struggled. Not only did it run away, but I also lost my balance and fell into the water. Fortunately, I can swim."
"Are you okay then?"
"It's okay, I just fell into the water."
"I'm glad you're okay. By the way, what kind of fish did you catch? I think the shadow is no smaller than your trolling boat."
"It's a manta ray." Zhang Ze said as he tied up the trolling boat that had returned to the stern of the boat, and then came to the Duoyu. "I won't say any more. I'm going to take a shower first. I feel uncomfortable being wet all over."
"Okay." The fish ran away and there was no more fun to watch, so Jin Sanbao and his companions stopped disturbing him and started the boat to collect the fishing nets.
It's almost ten o'clock in the morning and it's time to go online.
Zhang Ze didn't care about them. He went back to take a shower, changed his clothes, and washed his wet clothes and hung them on the flying bridge to dry.
He made a rope here to make it easier to dry clothes.
With today's weather and sea breeze, I think the clothes will be dry before the afternoon.
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Looking at the time, it was past ten o'clock, so Zhang Ze simply took a break and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
After lunch, the weather was hot in the afternoon and not very suitable for fishing.
But he slept well last night, so he didn't need a nap in the afternoon. Since he had nothing to do, Zhang Ze hoisted the trolling boat up first, and then drove the Duoyu to look for any small islands nearby.
When the time comes, take a small boat to the shaded area on the side of the island to fish.
In such hot weather in the afternoon, only these shaded places are suitable for fishing.
Before leaving, Zhang Ze told Jin Sanbao and the others the location of the resources seen by the fish finder, because he couldn't say whether he would come back at night.
The Duoyu was sailing slowly on the sea, and he looked at the fish finder from time to time.
He had been here once in his previous life, and he casually asked the boat owner for the coordinates of the location, and the boat owner did not hide it from him at that time.
Because it was the only coordinate he had asked for in the South China Sea, he could still remember it even after so much time had passed.
However, the distribution of fish resources would definitely be different from that of this era. Secondly, it is impossible for him to know the exact location, so he still has to explore this sea area slowly by himself.
Basically, when a large red area appears on the bottom of the fish finder, he will mark the specific coordinates in his notebook.
This notebook is specially used by him to record coordinates. Now there are many places that need to be remembered, and he can't remember them all by brain.
After about ten minutes, a small black dot appeared in Zhang Ze's sight.
Zhang Ze's heart moved, and then he swung the rudder and headed towards the direction of the black spot.
As the fishing boat approached, the black spot gradually turned into a small isolated island.
However, when Zhang Ze arrived, half an hour had passed, and there were several islands of varying sizes near the isolated island.
This shows that the underwater reefs are densely covered, forming a natural small fishing ground.
Zhang Ze looked at the island group that was not much different from what he remembered and knew that he had found the right place. He was very lucky to find it in one go.
He misses this place very much!
Someone once caught a seven-band grouper that was almost as tall as an adult here, and the probability of catching deep-sea grouper here is very high.
The shallow water area is also a very good fishing spot where you can catch various high-value snappers, coral fish, etc.
This was Zhang Ze’s last stop at that time, and almost every angler on the boat had a good catch.
The same thing happened to him. He successfully caught more than a dozen groupers weighing more than ten kilograms in one night, and then successfully recovered his investment and made a small profit.
Unfortunately, Zhao Xianghua was not with him at that time, so the fish were sold directly to fishmongers, resulting in a much lower price.
First, Zhang Ze came to the location that he remembered most vividly. After all, he had caught more than a dozen groupers from here. How could it not be memorable?
Located in the waters between two isolated islands, he looked at the fish finder and discovered that there were indeed many fish moving around in the water.
But he was not in a hurry to fish, because it was under the sun and it would be very hot if he went out to fish.
So he went to the shadows on the sides of several isolated islands to observe the fish situation. After a long circle, he had an idea in his mind.
On hot days, the fish all run to the shade of the cliffs to cool off. There are five places in total, and there are quite a lot of fish.
Zhang Ze came to an isolated island where the most fish were suspected to be, then stopped the boat and turned off the engine.
The Duoyu is too big, and it is easy to get into trouble if you get too close, so it is safest to take a small trolling boat.
But before that, Zhang Ze brought a few bamboo baskets and took out all the fish that could be sold in the space, including several hundred kilograms of small squids.
The spare bait can be used at any time. He mainly uses the magic bait, so the seafood that takes up space can be dealt with now.
Once these were cleared out, a large space suddenly became vacant.
Although the manta ray still couldn't move, it didn't prevent Zhang Ze from catching fish and putting them into the space.
He moved all the bamboo baskets to the refrigerated hold, then hoisted the trolling boat to the surface of the water. He then took his fishing rod and a plastic basket and boarded the trolling boat.
The plastic basket is not for storing fish, it is just for backup.
Driving a small trolling boat to the shadow of the isolated island, the originally hot air was suddenly replaced by a cool breeze. The temperature difference was really big.
The temperature difference between this shaded area and the sunny area outside is at least five or six degrees.
With the sea breeze blowing gently, it is indeed not hot here.
This way of fishing gave Zhang Ze a long-lost feeling.
When I first met Tong Yuanhang after my rebirth last year, they often hid in the shadows to fish in broad daylight.
At that time, he was very happy to earn dozens of dollars a day, and it was also difficult to earn money.
Not only do they have to hide from here and there, but they also have to give kickbacks to others.
In a blink of an eye, he was already in Nanfang, and had all the vehicles and boats.
Zhang Ze was a little dazed and felt that a long time had passed.
Shaking his head to get rid of these messy thoughts, he tied the fish hook, lead sinker, etc., hung up an ordinary bait and started fishing.
Adjust the fishing rod to the hardest setting and use the largest fishing reel.
He estimated that there should be few fishermen visiting this place, and there should be a lot of big fish weighing more than ten kilograms.
After all, there were still so many groupers weighing more than ten kilograms more than thirty years later, not to mention now.
Zhang Ze threw the bait into the water, and waited until it touched the bottom before reeling in a few turns of fishing line. As soon as he turned off the line-release switch, the fishing rod was suddenly pulled.
The speed at which the hook is bitten is really fast!
"Swoosh~"
Zhang Ze raised the rod vigorously, and then a smile appeared on his face. It was very powerful. Just as he thought, there were indeed many fish weighing more than ten kilograms here. This first cast might catch a fish weighing more than ten kilograms. (End of this chapter)
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